Vegetable-cutter.



PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

H. J. HOAK. VEGETABLE CUTTER.

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UNITED STATES HENRY J. HOAK, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

U Application led February l2, 1904. Serial No. 193,473.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that L'HENRY J. HOAK, a citizen of the United States,residing at-Bualo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to vegetable-cutters, the object in view being toprovide a machine of the class described which will readily and'effectively slice various kinds of vegetablessuch as potatoes, cabbages,and the likethe slices being uniform in thickness and means beingprovided whereby the machine may be adjusted to cut slices of greater orless thickness, as may be desired.

The object of the invention is to so mount the cutting-knives upon andwith respect to the disks by means of which they are carried that thesaid knives while being firmly connected with the disk will bear ayielding relation to the stationary or ledger blade upon which thevegetable to be sliced is placed preparatory to starting the machine orwhile the machine is in operation` In this way the machine is renderedreliable and certain in its operation and effective for the purposestated.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of avegetable-cutter embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is across-section through the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectionthrough a portion of the cutter-disk, showing the manner of mounting andadjusting one of the blades or knives. Fig. L is a section takentransversely of the cuttershaft, showing the cutter disk and knivesinelevation. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 6 is a View of thecutterdisk looking toward the rear side thereof or the side oppositethat shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 6,on an enlarged scale, showing one of the knives in normal position infull lines and adjusted away from the disk in dotted lines.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a suitable frame, preferably inthe form of a box open at the top and bottom and provided with bearingsfor av cutter-shaft 2, extending from front to rear ofthe machine andprovided with a beveled pinion 3, which meshes with and is driven by abeveled gear 4, mounted upon a drive-shaft 5, journaled in suitablebearings in the machine-frame and provided at its outer end with anoperatingcrank 6, having a handle 7, by means of which motion isimparted to the machine.

Extending over the front portion of the machine is a semicylindricalhood 8, .which is .hinged atone end, as at 9, and adapted to be drawnupward and backward out of the way yfor giving access to thecutter-disk. At the front the hood is provided with an eccentric openingor throat 10, allowing the vegetable to be held in contact with and inoperative relation to the knives hereinafter described.

Mounted at the front of the machine is a table or shelf 11, whichextends horizontally outward asuitable distance and has its inner edgearranged close to and adapted to contact with the knives carried by thecutting-disk. The shelf is provided on its under side with pendent feet12, which are received in suitable eyes or brackets 13 on themachine-frame, so that said shelf is held ,in proper position and isalso capable of being detached from the machine-frame whenevernecessary.

Mounted fast upon the cutter-shaft 5 is a cutter-disk 14C, the'samebeing provided with a plurality of arcuate slots 15, the inner ends ofwhich are arranged comparatively close to the cutter-shaft and the outerends of which extend to a point near the outer edge of the disk, asclearly shown in Fig. 4. In connection with each slot 15 I use a curvedknife or blade 16, the inner concave edge 17 of which is sharpened to aknife-edge, as shown in Fig. 3. The knife 16 covers a portion of theslot 15 and is connected at both ends by means of screws 18 and 19directly to the cutter-disk. Each knife 16 is also supportedintermediate its length by means of knife supporting spring-arms 20,which are connected to the knife at a point about midway the lengththereof by rivets 21 or their equivalent. The

arms are received in sockets or straps 22 at the back of the disk, thearrangement being such that the springs may be slipped out of thesockets or straps'22 in order to detach the knives for sharpening thesame. Extending inward in a substantially radial direction from eachsocket or strap 22 is a screw-bearing arm 23, the end of which isthreaded to receive an adjusting-screw 24, which bears against the IOOIIO

rear side of the knife and holds the latter in any desired positionafter the knife has been adjusted toward or away from the outer face ofthe disk for the purpose of adapting the machine to cut slices ofvarious thicknesses. By preference the arms 23 are made thin and lightenough to impart a certain amount of 'spring or resiliency thereto, soas to enable the knives to spring back when the adjustingscrews arebacked, so as to set the knives in proper relation to the inner edge ofthe shelf 11, which forms what may be termed a stationary or ledgerblade, which cooperates with the knives carried by the revolvingdisk.

From the foregoingdescription it will be understood that the knivesmaybe adjusted toward and away from the face of the disk for obtainingslices of any desired thickness.

Any suitable receptacle may be placed beneath the machine to receive theslices as they fall from the cutter-disk. j

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1.A'vegetable-cutter comprising a rotary disk having a slot therein and asocket inclined to the plane of the slot, a knife connected to the diskand overlying the slot, and a supporting-arm having one end connected tothe knife and the opposite end seated in said socket.

2. A vegetable-cutter comprising a rotary disk having a slot and asocket inclinedto the plane of the slot, a knife connected to the diskand overlying the slot, an arm connected to the knife and fitted in thesocket, a springarm extending from the wall of the socket in a planeparallel to the slot, and an adjusting device carried by said spring-armand engaging the knife. -J

3. A vegetable-cutter comprising a rotary disk provided with arcuateslots, means for imparting motion to the disk, aseries of knivessupported by the disk and extending partially across said slots, aknife-supporting springarm connected to each knife, and detachablysecured to the disk, a yielding arm also carried by the disk, and aset-screw carried by said yielding arm and bearing against the knife. l

4. A vegetable-cutter comprising a rotary disk formed with a slot, meansfor imparting motion to thedisk, a socket on the disk, a knife connectedto the disk and overlying the slot, said knife being secured at the endsto the disk, and a knife-supporting arm having one end connectedcentrally to the knife and the opposite end detachably seated in saidsocket, and set-screws yieldingly supported by the disk and bearingagainst the knife.

j HENRY J. HOAK.

l/Vitnesses:

DANIEL HURLEY,l FRANK HEIGIs.

